Box-hinge.



W. E. EMORY,

Box HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 13| 1917 v i 1,234,887, Patented Jlly 31,1191?.

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WILLIAM EDWIN EMORY, OF WASHINGTON, VDISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.

Box-HINGE. I

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application led June 13, 1917. Serial No. 174,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDWIN EMORY, a citizen of United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Hinges; and I do hereby declare the following to be ay full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in hinges and more particularly to that class used in connecting covers to crates, chests, boxes and the like.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a hinge which is strong, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and easy to apply.

Another object is to provide a hinge so constructed that the correct placing of the hinge members upon the parts is assured, and that when so attached and the lid of the box or other container thrown backward into extreme open position there will be no strain upon the hinge connection.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hinge having the above advantages which will also permit stacking of the boxes without interference from the hinge members.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the hinge and its parts and combinations, and all equivalents thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals indica-te corresponding parts,

Figure 1 shows my improved hinge, as applied to a box, the lid thereof being shown closed.

Fig. 2 illustrates the same with the cover thrown back and resting on the side of the box, and

Fig. 3 shows an elevation of the unassembled hinge.

In the drawings the reference numerals 1 and 2 designate portions of the side and top respectively of a box or the like container, to which the hinge is applied.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the hinge consists of straps 3 and 8 united by a rivet or other fastening member 12, the straps being provided with screws or holes 4 and 9 respectively to receive the fastening members herein illustrated as screws 4 and 9 respectively. Obviously any desired fastening means may be used.

The upper strap 3 is bifurcated at its broad end as at 6, and the endsl thereof are rolled on themselves or turnedA or looped back as at 7 to form one member of the knuckle of the hinge and forthe reception of the rivet 12. Intermediate the two furcations 6 the strap is turned up to forma lug or lip 5. It may be evident that this lip vmay be formed in other ways or of any shape provided the iight distance -between the same and the knuckle 7 of the furcations is preserved.

The other strap 8 is cut away at the broad end to form a tongue 10 which is rolled, turned, or looped as at 10 in a direction reverse to that of the knuckle 7 of the strap cover of the container can swing entirely over and rest flat against its side,- thus eliminating all strain on the hinge joint and strap fastenings.

A further advantage of the above construction resides in the fact that the knuckle of the hinge is at the side of the box which enables the boxes to be stacked flat.' Furthermore, the hinge is easily applied; there is no necessity of cutting the container members to attach the same, and due to the spacing lip 5, there is no danger of incorrect-ly fastening the strap 3 to the container since this projection provides sufficient play when the box is opened. Without such a spacing means the hinge is very apt to be attached with the knuckle 7 close to the edge of the 'top and this would prevent the opening of the box or would'result in tearing the fastenings loose.L

It is obviously within the scope of this invention to transpose the members of the hinge by placing the strap 8 on the cover member, and providing the same with spacing means, and the strap 3 on the box body; and it is also apparent that various arrangements and transpositions may occur in the construction of the hinge provided they fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

l. A box hinge comprising a strap adapted to be attached to a cover member and provided with a knuckle, a second strap adapted to be attached to the box body, and provided with a complemental reversely arranged knuckle, pivotal means for said knuckles, said knuckle being bent out of the plane of its strap a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the strap and in a direction such that the strap attached to the cover will lie flat on the strap attached to the box body when the cover is in extreme open position.

2. A box hinge comprising a strap provided with a tongue portion inclined out of the plane of the strap a distance approximately equal to the thickness thereof and rolled or looped on itself in the same direction to provide a knuckle, a second strap provided with a reversely rolled tongue portion, formed to provide a knuckle and a pivotal member passing through the said knuckles.

3. A box hinge comprising two strap members provided with knuckles reversely arranged on said straps and adapted to re` ceive a pivotal member, the knuckle of one of said straps being bent out of the plane of said strap a distance approximately equal to the strap thickness.

4. A box hinge comprising a strap adapted to be attached to a box cover and provided with a knuckle, means on said strap for spacing the knuckle from the edge of the box cover when the same is attached, a second strap adapted to be attached to the box body, and provided with a complemen' tal reversely arranged knuckle, a pivotal pin for said knuckles, said second knuckle being the plane of the strap a distance approximately equal to the thickness thereof and rolled or looped on itself in the same direction to provide a knuckle, meansV on said strap to ,prevent the improper positioning of the knuckle thereof in relation to the edge of the member to which the strap is adapted to be attached, a second strap provided with a reversely rolled tongue portion, formed to provide a knuckle and a pivotal member passing through said knuckles.

6. A box hinge comprising two strap members provided with knuckles reversely arranged on said straps, the knuckle of one of said straps being bent out of the plane of said strap a distance approximately equal to the strap thickness and means on one of said straps to prevent the improper positioning of the knuckle thereof in relation to the edge of the member to which its strap is attached.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of a witness.

WILLIAM EDI/VIN EMORY.

lVitness:

J. BALLARD MOORE.v

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